Records supposedly are made to be broken, but apparently not Danny Sullivan’s.

The 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1988 CART series champion still holds the record for fastest average speed in a 500-mile race (170.720 mph) at Pocono Raceway.

Well, there’s a caveat to that — Sullivan set the mark in 1989, the last time the 2.5-mile tri-oval on the cusp of the Pocono mountains hosted an open-wheel Indy car race. He also won there in 1984 (both times on the CART circuit).

Time will tell. And even if someone does break his mark, Sullivan will still have some great memories both of Pocono and his past time there.

“A great layout, and three distinctly different corners makes a good setup difficult,” Sullivan added. “Pocono used to be rough, but that added to the challenge. My races there were always close and competitive. Winning it twice was special.”